An ocean expedition to a dynamic marine realm off the little-explored Chilean coast — with seeps and vents emitting nutrients ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. The bottom of the ocean is cold, dark, and under extreme pressure. It is not a place suited to the physiology of us surface dwellers ...
Oxygen, the molecule that supports intelligent life as we know it, is largely made by plants. Whether underwater or on land, ...
deep. All the species were previously known to have lived near such vents, but never underground. "We discovered vent animal life in the cavities of the ocean's crust. We now know that the unique ...
Last week, Scripps Institution of Oceanography PhD candidate Alison Laferriere found the deceased 9.5-foot specimen at ...
U.S. lawmakers have also proposed a temporary ban on deep-sea mining until more research is completed. Sustainable seafood ...